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BUNDLING APPARATUS.

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BUNDLING APPARATUS.

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FRANK P. WISEBURN, OF BROOKLYN, AND LOUIS BUIILE, OF WOODHAVEN, NEWYORK.

BUNDLINGAPPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,148, dated May 14,1901. Application led March 18, 1901. Seria] No. 51,612. (No model-1 Tall whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, FRANK P. WISEBURN, residing at Brooklyn, county ofKings, and LOUIS BUHLE,residingat Woodl1aven,Queens 5 county, State ofNew York, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bundling Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification sufcient to enable others skilled in the art to ro whichthe inventionappertains to make and use the same.

Our improvementsrelate to means for binding and securing hanks or handsof tobacco or other material of a compressible nature;

x5 and the invention consists in certain special features in theconstruction and arrangement of parts herein described and claimedspecifically. g

In the accompanying drawings we have zo. shown and described ourinvention as applied to the bundling of samples of tobacco, although wedo not confine ourselves to such use, since it is obvious that it may beput to other similar uses with like result. Neither do we confineourselves to the identical form and structure of parts shown, sincevarious mechanical expedients may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit and intent of our invention.

3o Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved bundling device; Fig.2, an isometrical view ot' a sample of tobacco bundled in our device.Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the apparatus;

4, a top view of the same; Fig. 5, a sectionalelevation of the same uponplane of line 5 5, Fig'. l; and Fig. o, a horizontal section upon planeof line 6 6, Fig. 5, looking upward.

In sampling tobacco four or more hanks or hands, as the hanks arecalled, are usually 4o selected and bundled together, acerticatecardbeingattached. Eachhankorhandconsists of a number of leavesof tobacco the stems of which are bound together by strips of tobacco.As ordinarily bundled the ends of four, six, or more chosen hands areloosely brought together and secured by a cord or twine, and then a tapeis used to secure the certificate card, the tape and card being sealedwith wax. This requires skilled labor,`

5o and even then is a slow and tedious operation. The bundles thusformed vary in size and shape and degree of compression and are easilytampered with, since the fastenings and hanks or hands may be somanipulated that one or more of the hands or hanks may be'withdrawn andanother grade of tobacco substituted. Our invention is designed toobviate these difficulties and to afford means for quickly andconveniently binding the hands or banks in such manner that the bun- 6odies shall be uniform in arrangement and ap-` pearance and the ends ofthe several hands or han ks of which it is composed firmly compressedand secured against either lateral or longitudinal displacement. Inaccomplish- 63 ing this we use in conjunction with our bundling devicethe form of fastening set forth in our concurrent application, SerialNo. 51,613, filed March 18, 1901, in which the 4 overlapping ends of aflexible inelastic band 7o' are secured in place by spikes whichpenetrate the ends of the hands or banks linderneath, and thereby holdthe'latter against longitudinal displacement.

Our device is designed to be portable for the use of inspectors oftobacco or other material, who are required to sample tobacco, dac., indifferent localities; but it may be made permanent when the conditionsof use render this desirable.

In the drawings, A represents a bench or stationary object to which ourbundling device has been attached by means of the sharp ends h h of thehooksB B projecting from the rear of t-he sample-table O, the bottom ofwhich isrigidly connected by the standards D D with the cross-head E,from the rear of which extend bracket-bearings e e, provided withbinding-screws e e', by which the framework of the device may be securedand stead- 9o ied in position upon the stationary support A. Between thetable and the cross-head E is mounted a screw F, engaging with atraveling nut G, having laterally-projectingarms g g, which engage thestirrups H H upon the lower ends of the compressing-strap I. Thiscompression-strap I is slotted longitudinally at 2 to admit the lateralband-arms c c on the table C, formed with adjoining recesses or slots cc', to accommodate the strap I. The roo rear portion of the strap Icarries a rearwardlyprojecting plateI i', which bears upon the banks tobe bundled when the strap is low ered and distributes the strain.

The apparatus is used as follows: The traveling nut G being raised bythe screw F by means of the hand-Wheelf to allow the strap I to beremoved or elevated sufliciently to admit of the placing of the desirednumber of hands or banks J J, Fig. 2, the securingband K is laidtransversely across the table C, with its ends 7c 75 extending out uponthe arms c c. The hands or banks are then placed in position upon thetable C and across the band K and the strap I lowered, so as to straddlethe banks. It a certicate-card L is to be used,it is interposed betweenthe bight of the strap and tbe ends of the banks, the plate t'protecting it against undue strain and also distributing the strain tothehanks. In any case the desired degree of compression is attained bymeans of the screw F or equivalent mechanical expedient, and the ends L:7a of the secu ring-band K are then bent over within the slot of thecompression-strap I and secured by means of spikes, as hereinbeforeindicated. The compression-strap I is again loosened by means of thescrew F, the bundie Withdrawn from the table C, and the operationrepeated.

It is obvious that any mechanical expedient maybe substituted in lieu ofthe screw F with like result.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. In a compressing and bundling device, the combination of thesupporting-table C, the straddlingstrap I, the stirrups H, secured tothe end of the strap I, the traveling n ut G, formed with arms g, g, forengaging said stirrups, and the rotatable screw F, the Whole arrangedand operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a compressing and bundling device, the combination of thesupporting-table C, formed with the band-supporting arms c, c, andrecesses c', c', tbe straddling-strap I, the stirrups I-I, secured tothe end of the strap I, the traveling nut G, formed with arms g, g, forengaging said stirrups, and the rotatable screw F, the Whole arrangedand operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. In a compressing and bundling device tbe combination of thesupporting table formed with the band-supporting arms c, c, and recessesc', c', the standards D, D, the cross-head E, formed with thebracket-bearings e, e, the rotatable screw F, the traveling nut G,formed with the lateral arms g, g, and the straddling-strap I, formedwith the slot t?, and with the stirrups II, the Whole arranged andoperating substantially inthe manner and for the purpose described.

' 4. In a compressing and bundling device the combination ot thesupporting-table C, formed with the band-supporting arms c, c, andrecesses c', c', the straddling-strap I, formed with the plate i', tbestirrups H, secured to the end of the strap I, the traveling nut G,formed with arms t, g, for engaging said stirrups, and the rotatablescrew F, the Whole arranged and operating substantially as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

FRANK P. WISEBURN. LOUIS BUIILE.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, JAMES A..W1LsoN.

